Question 1: 250 words
1) For your first topic in this discussion I would like for you to
iefly review either your personal experiences and/or the financial literature to identify and present a description of one actual capital project/product success and the reasons attributed to the success.
Remember this is a one to two paragraph exercise - do not go ove
oard I am interested only in your short, concise description of the project and the major reasons you believe it was successful.
2) In your response please provide financial information regarding the project (what is available): initial outlay, projected cash flows, dollar profits.
3) Synthesize your one-paragraph position on what 3-5 specific factors you believe most likely to contribute to capital project analysis success.
Question 2: (For each topic 200 words)
Supporting your views with references:
When you make an assertion of fact, state that it is based on your own experience or provide an in-text citation for the reference source you used to support your response. A minimum of two sources is required for the main topic. You do not need two sources for each topic, but you do need two sources across your main topic responses. For maximum credit, you will need three or more. You will also need a minimum of two references to support your reply responses to classmates. For maximum credit, you will need three or more.
TOPIC 1: Channel Partners
PROMPT: Based on your readings this week, what would be your top three criteria for evaluating the performance of supply chain partners?
TOPIC 2: Supply Chains
PROMPT: Choose a product that you used today. Look up where it was made and the different channel partners used to deliver that product to you. Are you surprised?
For both topics use below references (see other attachments)and you can also add your own
See reference attachment: 1) eReading Channel Strategies for Delivering Value 2) eReading The Pricing Framework and a Firm's Pricing Decisions and 3) this video link
https:
www.ted.com/talks/willy_shih_what_toilet_paper_can_teach_us_about_supply_chains
Question 3: (400 words)
Instructions
· Include in-text citations and a Reference List for in-text citations
· Write in co
ect, complete sentences, in paragraph format unless otherwise instructed
Tips for Formatting and Structuring Analysis:
· Write in complete sentences in paragraph format.
· Use in-text citations citing to relevant assignment materials.
· Label parts as appropriate.
· Double-space; 12-point Arial or Times Roman font.
· Introductory Sentence: Begin with an introductory sentence or very
ief paragraph that states your conclusion to the questions asked.
· Concluding Sentence: End the discussion with a concluding sentence or a very
ief paragraph that summarizes your conclusion/what you discussed.
· Support Arguments and Positions:
Background Facts You Need To Know: The Viral Clean ("Clean') owners recognize the importance of effective recruitment and hiring. They feel competent about recruiting and hiring new Clean management but want to hire an expert to recruit and hire employees to develop and manage their website, internal computer systems, and IT support.
They agree to hire a recognized expert in this area, George Tacy, to act as Clean's agent in hiring website/compute
IT employees. The owners want to give full authority to Tacy to direct every aspect of recruitment and hiring of these employees, from the initial recruitment of applicants to the final hiring process.
Clean owners want to ensure that their agreement with Tacy will be valid and include all essential terms. They have requested a meeting with TLG to discuss agency agreements.
Winnie and Ralph have asked you to join the meeting and respond to some of the Clean owners' questions about agency law.
Instructions
Winnie and Ralph direct you to draft responses to several questions for the Clean owners' meeting.
1. Analyze and explain the rights of Clean under the agency agreement with Tacy.
2. Analyze and explain two specific duties Tacy must perform under the agency agreement with Clean.
3. Analyze and explain two potential liabilities Clean could face under the agency agreement with Tacy.
1.
2.
3.
For this question, use below references:
https:
www.
itannica.com/topic/agency-law
(Chapter 21) https:
saylordotorg.github.io/text_law-for-entrepreneurs/s24-liability-of-principal-and-age.html
(Chapter 20) https:
saylordotorg.github.io/text_law-for-entrepreneurs/s23-relationships-between-principa.html
Question 4: (200 words)
Use co
ect, complete sentences, in paragraph format.
Use in-text citations and a Reference List in APA format to cite the course resource(s) used - an in-text citation cannot exist without a co
esponding Reference List, and a Reference List cannot exist without a co
esponding in-text citation.
Write in-depth, comprehensive responses that promote further discussion beyond merely agreeing/disagreeing - refer to the "Winning Discussion Responses" module in Content for examples.
Tips for Formatting and Structuring Parts 1 and 2:
· Write in complete sentences in paragraph format.
· Use in-text citations citing to relevant assignment materials.
· Label parts as appropriate.
· Double-space; 12-point Arial or Times Roman font.
· Introductory Sentence: Begin with an introductory sentence or very
ief paragraph that states your conclusion to the questions asked.
· Concluding Sentence: End the discussion with a concluding sentence or a very
ief paragraph that summarizes your conclusion/what you discussed.
· Support Arguments and Positions: Please refer to the module in Content, "How to Support Arguments and Positions".
Part 1:
Background Facts: You and Winnie and Ralph are discussing Clean's plan to hire George Tacy as an agent for recruitment and hiring compute
IT employees. You all recognize the importance of having a clearly defined agency agreement, and there are different types of agents.
1. Analyze and recommend whether Tacy should be an employee of Clean or an independent contractor? Explain why.
Use below reference for this question
https:
www.
itannica.com/topic/agency-law
Question 5: (250 words)
Step 1: Go to the internet and find an news article posted within the last month that discusses labor union formation and activity, summarize key points and post in Discussions area.
Please note that the goal of this discussion is to read, understand, and discuss recent news using microeconomic terminology. The article should be from an on-line newspaper or magazine. Materials posted on educational websites, like www.thebalance.com, www.khanacademy.org, and so on, are not considered news articles even if they were recently updated and contain material related to the discussion topic.
Step 2: In your initial response to the topic you have to answer all questions:
1. Do unions engage in ethical behavior? Please explain.
2. Historically, what factors precipitated the formation of unions? Please explain.
3. Do you expect union activity to increase or decrease globally? Please explain.
4. Summarize key points of the article that you found in Step 2 of the discussion assignment, and post in the Discussions area.
5. Reflection – the students also should include a paragraph in the initial response in their own words, using microeconomic terminology, reflecting on specifically what they learned from the assignment and how they think they could apply what they learned in the workplace or in everyday life.
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Channel Strategies for Delivering Value
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Using Supply Chains to Create Value for Customers
Suppose you have developed a great new product called “Ghostbusters: The Video Game.”
Not only is the game te
ific, but you've managed to place it for sale in every marketing
channel. The product is selling at Walmart, Best Buy, and Amazon, and it's slated to come
out on Sony's PlayStation console. That's the end of the story, right? Not quite. In addition
to focusing on the firms downstream that sell your product, you will also look upstream at
your suppliers and sideways at potential firms in which to partner.
Your product's supply chain includes not only the downstream companies that actively sell
the product, but also all the other organizations that have an impact on it before, during,
and after it's produced. Those companies include the providers of the raw materials you
firm uses to produce it, the transportation company that physically moves it, and the firm
that helped build the web pages to promote it.
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If you hired a programmer overseas to help write computer code for the game, the
programmer is part of the product's supply chain. If you hired a company to process
copies of the game returned by customers, that company is part of the supply chain as
well. Large organizations with many products can have thousands of supply chain
partners. Service organizations also need supplies to operate, so they have supply chains,
too.
The process of designing, monitoring, and altering supply chains to make them as efficient
as possible is called supply chain management. The term was coined by an American
industry consultant in the early 1980s, but it's an old idea. Part of Henry Ford's strategy in
the early 1900s was to extract as much efficiency (and money) as he could by taking
ownership of the supply chains for his automobiles. Ford owned the foundries that
converted raw iron ore to steel for his cars. He also owned the plantations that grew the
u
er for his automobiles' tires, and the ships on which the materials and finished
products were transported (Bowersox & Closs, 2000).
Today, many companies still take a na
ow view of their supply chains; they look at supply
chains mainly in terms of the costs they can save. Cost reduction is an important part of
supply chain management. After all, if your competitors can produce their products at a
lower cost, they could put you out of business.
Keep in mind, however, that a firm can produce a product so cheaply that no one will buy
it because it's shoddy. That's why smart companies view their supply chains as an integral
part of their marketing plans. In other words, these companies also look at the ways thei
supply chains can create value for customers to give their firms a competitive edge.
Today, the term value chain is sometimes used interchangeably with the term supply
chain. The idea behind the value chain is that your supply chain partners should do more
for you than perform just basic functions; each one should help you create more value fo
customers as the product travels along the chain—preferably more value than you
competitors' supply chain partners can add to their products.
Sourcing and Procurement
Sourcing is the process of evaluating and hiring individual businesses to supply goods and
services to your business. Procurement is the process of purchasing those goods and
services. Sourcing and procurement have become a bigger part of a supply manager's job,
in part because businesses keep becoming more specialized. Just like Ford's workers
ecame more efficient by performing specialized tasks, so, too, have companies.
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Ford Motor Company no longer produces its own tires. It buys them from tire producers
like Michelin and Goodyear. It's still possible to own your supply chain, though. The
diamond company De Beers owns its own mines, distributorships, and retail diamond
stores. (De Beers, XXXXXXXXXXThe problem is that it's costly to own multiple types of
companies and difficult to run them